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I am given an integral representation of the Bessel Function $J_0$ as follows: $$J_0(x)=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}{e^{ix\cos\theta}d\theta}$$

To compute the Fourier Transform, consider the integral: $$\mathscr F(J_0(x))=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}{e^{ix\cos\theta}d\theta}\cdot e^{-ikx}dx$$ Combining the integrals and switching the order of integration: $$\mathscr F(J_0(x))=\frac{1}{4\pi^2}\int_0^{2\pi}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}{e^{ix\cos\theta-ikx}dx}d\theta$$ We find that the inner integral is a Delta Function: $$\mathscr F(J_0(x))=\frac{1}{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi}{\delta(\cos \theta-k)}d\theta$$ Applying a u-substitution $u=\cos \theta - k$, $u(0)=-k$, $u(2\pi)=-k$ and this is where I'm stuck: the limits of the integral are now equal. Have I made a mistake somewhere, or do I need to consider an infinitesimal interval around $-k$? If yes, how do I do this exactly?

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Using

$$\delta(f(x)) = \sum_{f(x_i)=0}\frac{1}{|f'(x_i)|}\delta(x-x_i)$$

we get that

$$\mathcal{F}\Bigr\{J_0(x)\Bigr\} = \frac{1}{2\pi}\left(\frac{1}{\left|\sin\Bigr(\cos^{-1}(k)\Bigr)\right|}+\frac{1}{\left|\sin\Bigr(2\pi-\cos^{-1}(k)\Bigr)\right|}\right) = \frac{1}{\pi}\frac{1}{\sqrt{1-k^2}}$$

Ninad Munshi
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  • What is the name of this result: $\delta(f(x)) = \sum_{f(x_i)=0}\frac{1}{|f'(x_i)|}\delta(x-x_i)$ Could you give me a reference? – Joeseph123 Sep 06 '20 at 07:48
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    @Joeseph123 it doesn't have a name as far as I know. You can "prove" it via u substitution (plus some series expansion) with the consideration for invertibility that I mentioned – Ninad Munshi Sep 06 '20 at 07:50
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    @Joeseph123. A recent question: https://math.stackexchange.com/q/3814228/168433 – md2perpe Sep 06 '20 at 08:43